Mass burial for fish

Mass burial for fish

PURWAKARTA, West Java: The Jatiluhur Reservoir Management
Agency, with the help of local farmers, have managed to remove
about 900 tons of dead ikan mas (carp) which have been floating
on the dam leaving a powerful stench for the past week.

The dead fish were buried on the shore.

This still left about 600 tons in the reservoir, although some
of them have apparently found their way into adjoining streams,
according to an official of the reservoir agency.

The reservoir is one of the main sources of clean water for
the state drinking water agencies in West Java.

Officials said rapid changes in temperature caused the death
of the ikan mas, which is bred by farmers on the fringes of the
reservoir.

The reservoir agency appealed to farmers to allow some time to
pass before starting to breed the fish in the water again. (emb)